Latch-trip for bicycle-stands.



W. MONAHAN.

.ATCH TRIP FOR BICYCLE STANDS..

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.9.1916.

923?,5% Y Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

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WILLIAM MONAHAN, :OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

LATCH-'mir roza BICYCLE-STANDS.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

' Application filed September 9, 1916.` Serial No, 119,229.

To all whom t may concern.'

' Be it known that I, WILLIAM MONAHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing'V at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Latch- Trips for Bicycle-Stands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a latch trip for bicycle stands and particularly for such stands used on heavy motor i propelledbicycles, commonly called motorcycles. To the above end, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devicesA hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several Referring to the drawings,l

Figure 1 is afragmentary side elevation of a motorcycle having the invention incorporated therein, some parts being shown in different positions by means of broken lines; and

Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1, some parts being broken away and some parts being shown in section.

Of the parts of the motorcycle illustrated, it is only necessary to note the frame 1, rear wheel 2, seat 3, and mud guard 4 for said rear wheel.

'The customary U-shape stand 5 is provided for supporting the rear wheel 2 above the ground and the machine in an upright position, when not in use. This stand 5 has a relatively long ground-engaging transverse portion which extends transversely of the wheel 2. The upwardly converging prongs of the stand terminate at their upper ends in upwardly and rearwardly projecting extensions, which are pivoted at 7 to the frame 1 close to the journal of the wheel 2. In the upper edges of the extensions 6, at their junction with the prongs of the stand 57 are segmental seats 8. These seats, when the stand 5 is in an operative position, engage rest lugs or shoulders 9 formed by securing nut-equipped bolts in the side members of the frame 1. When the rest lugs 9 are engaged by the seats 8, the stand 5 ex` tends forward of a dead center, thereby holding the motorcycle against either forward or rearward movement. Y

On the rear end of the mud guard 4, is the customary spring latch 10 provided for releasably yholding the stand 5 in an inoperativep'osition. This latch is provided at its free end with a cam surface v11 arranged to be engaged by the transverse portion of the stand 5, during its movement to an inoperatlve position, and automatically actuate said latch to receive and hold the stand 5 in an inoperative position. f The parts thus far described may be of the standard or any desired construction.

It is now customaryfor `an operator to mount a motorcycle on its stand by releasing the stand 5 from the latch 10 by `engaging said latch with his foot, while holding the motorcycle with one hand onvthe handle-bar and the other on the seat. As the yreleased standcomes-in contact with the roadbed, the operator gives the motorcycle a rearward movement. This rearward movement of the motorcycle rocks the stand 5 from a rear-4 wardly inclined position to a forwardly inclined position, as shown by full lines in Fig. l. The above described movements to release the stand 5 and mount the motorcycle thereon are'dicult to make, in view of the long reach to the latch.

My present invention has for its object to provide a trip for the latch 10 that is located close to the operators seat and so arranged that the operator can actuate the same by certain fingers of his hand, holding the seat 3.

The improved latch trip comprises a hand piece 12 and a flexible connection 13 connecting said hand piece to the latch 10. The hand piece 12 is in the form of a bell crank pivoted to a bracket 14, riveted or otherwise rigidly secured to the top of the mud guard 4 just back of the seat 3. The short end of the hand piece 12 is turned downward and extends through an aperture in the mud guard 4. On the latch 10, is an arm 15 through which one end of the flexible connection 13 is extended. The other end of the connection 13 is extended through the short arm of the hand piece 12. A pair of set screw equipped collars 16, on the extreme outer ends of the connection 13, adjustably connect the same to the hand piece 12 and arm 15. The flexible connection 13 is guided by a tube 17 through which. it is extended.

This tube 17 is curved to lit the under surface of the mud guard 4 and is permanently secured thereto by clips :18. The rear end lof the tube 17 is extended through the mud guard 4L to bring the connection 13 inl its proper relation to the arm 415. The connection 13 may be made from a piece of Wire or other suitable flexible material. VV-hile the arm 15 is shown secured by rivets to the latch 10,.it is, ofcourse, understood that Ythe same may bean integral partthereof.

The tension v.of the latch A.10,through the .connection 13, holds the hand piece 12 in a position, asshown, yby full lines in :F ig. l, Where ,the same can be easily manipulated ,by `the operator, when lifting the motorlcycle by ytaking hold of the seat `3. By lift ing the hand piece 12, as shown by broke-n lines, in Fig. 11,*-the` latch 10 is moved into an inoperative position, and ,the .stand 5 released. i The abovedescribed invention, While extrernely simple, is of comparatively small cost lto manufacture and when applied to a motorcycle, is almost entirely concealed by therear mud guard.

-V-Vhat I ,claim issv l. A 'bicycle having a segmental mud guard vfor its rear Wheel and a stand pivoted to `its frame, in combination -With a latch and a hand piece mounted on the mud guard on opposite sides of the crown thereof, said 4Gppies .of this patent may bf: `obtained for latch being secured` to the rear end of the mud guard and adapted to hold said stand in an inoperative posi-tion, of a flexible connection ybetween the latch and hand piece,

and a guide at the crown and on the inside "of `the inud guard for said connection.

2A bicycle having a stand 4pivoted to the ffrfamegthereof and provided With a latch for holding said stand in an inoperative position, in combination with ai Ahandpiece secured to the rear mud guard, of a flexible .connection between the latch and handpiece, and a -ftubular -guard secured to the mud .guard and incasing the flexible connection,

WILLIAM MONAHAN.

Vitnesses:

CLARA DnMAnEs'r, HARRY D. KILeoRn.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

